The devolution of Mat McHugh. That’s what we’re talking about. Bands get bi… Read Full Bio ↴The devolution of Mat McHugh. That’s what we’re talking about. Bands get bigger over time. Music gets louder. Everything evolves, there is nothing which doesn’t change over time. Some artists keep trying to find bigger mountains to climb, others make a conscious effort to crawl back into the sea.
In 2002 the frontman and creative force behind The Beautiful Girls began riding the wave as the band’s Morning Sun EP became the radio hit of the Australian Summer. In 2010, after 12 world tours, eight records and 285,000 album sales, the wave reached a musical high-water mark with the critically acclaimed Spooks – a dub tour de force which peaked at number 6 on the US Billboard Reggae Charts and debuted at number one on the Australian Independent charts. The album won over critics around the world and took McHugh to the US for two national tours in the one year. The first with his band to see the old fans and the second to the church of John Butler with nothing but an acoustic guitar between him and a new cast of thousands. The latter was a watershed moment – and now the tide has receded to reveal a new world of inspiration for one of Australia’s best-loved songwriters.
“Spending a year of my life working on Spooks was an amazing journey and it’s a brilliant record, but The John Butler tour was as influential to me as anything in my musical career so far. It was such a grounding, emotionally-fulfilling experience. I’m used to playing in a band to a few thousand people who are having a party, but playing solo to two or three thousand people, I felt connected. Music, for me, has always been about communication. It was a turning point as far as working out what I was going to do next – and that’s what 2011 is about,” Mat muses.
The result is devolution. Mat McHugh’s first album as a naked, raw solo artist. After a decade of striving to get bigger, better, louder and more colourful, the focus is on being transparent. Simple. Honest. Intimate.
This is a roots record in every sense of the word. No computers. No auto-tune. Nothing but guitar, bass and drums. It’s back to where it all began, albeit through the eyes of a man who has spent three quarters of the last decade sampling beats from around the globe and melting them down in his own brand of earthenware.
Devolution isn’t about fashion. It isn’t about what everyone else is doing. It isn’t about trends. Devolution isn’t about a marketing plan and guest appearances. Devolution is about music at its purest. “I want to contribute to the musical landscape in 2011 by making something more about feelings and emotions than it is about musical cleverness,” McHugh says.
“My favourite records, whether they’re Johnny Cash or Nick Drake sound like they could have been made in 2011 or 1960. There’s nothing added, it’s a simple formula. They’re just a little statement of what the people who created them believed to be inherent truths and that’s all I’m trying."
In 2002 the frontman and creative force behind The Beautiful Girls began riding the wave as the band’s Morning Sun EP became the radio hit of the Australian Summer. In 2010, after 12 world tours, eight records and 285,000 album sales, the wave reached a musical high-water mark with the critically acclaimed Spooks – a dub tour de force which peaked at number 6 on the US Billboard Reggae Charts and debuted at number one on the Australian Independent charts. The album won over critics around the world and took McHugh to the US for two national tours in the one year. The first with his band to see the old fans and the second to the church of John Butler with nothing but an acoustic guitar between him and a new cast of thousands. The latter was a watershed moment – and now the tide has receded to reveal a new world of inspiration for one of Australia’s best-loved songwriters.
“Spending a year of my life working on Spooks was an amazing journey and it’s a brilliant record, but The John Butler tour was as influential to me as anything in my musical career so far. It was such a grounding, emotionally-fulfilling experience. I’m used to playing in a band to a few thousand people who are having a party, but playing solo to two or three thousand people, I felt connected. Music, for me, has always been about communication. It was a turning point as far as working out what I was going to do next – and that’s what 2011 is about,” Mat muses.
The result is devolution. Mat McHugh’s first album as a naked, raw solo artist. After a decade of striving to get bigger, better, louder and more colourful, the focus is on being transparent. Simple. Honest. Intimate.
This is a roots record in every sense of the word. No computers. No auto-tune. Nothing but guitar, bass and drums. It’s back to where it all began, albeit through the eyes of a man who has spent three quarters of the last decade sampling beats from around the globe and melting them down in his own brand of earthenware.
Devolution isn’t about fashion. It isn’t about what everyone else is doing. It isn’t about trends. Devolution isn’t about a marketing plan and guest appearances. Devolution is about music at its purest. “I want to contribute to the musical landscape in 2011 by making something more about feelings and emotions than it is about musical cleverness,” McHugh says.
“My favourite records, whether they’re Johnny Cash or Nick Drake sound like they could have been made in 2011 or 1960. There’s nothing added, it’s a simple formula. They’re just a little statement of what the people who created them believed to be inherent truths and that’s all I’m trying."
By the Sea
Mat McHugh Lyrics
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Angela Lansbury Len Cariou I feel you Johanna I feel you Do they think that walls…
Angela Lansbury/Len Cariou Ooh, Mr. Todd I'm so happy I could eat you up, I…
Angela Lansbury; Len Cariou; Paul Gemignani I feel you Johanna I feel you Do they think that walls…
Annaleigh Ashford Ooh, Mr. Todd I'm so happy I could eat you up, I…
Blood Red Shoes Leave your past at the front door And run away like…
Bobbie and I Spend our lives Counting the days Who knows how long we've g…
Brett Anderson She can walk out anytime anytime she wants to…
By The Sea It all had started at the end Your one last day Nothing…
Easyworld Hey it's been a while Since we took your car and…
Ed Sanders & Helena Bonham Carter Ooh, Mr. Todd I'm so happy I could eat you up, I…
Gone Gone Beyond I leave my sorries and my worries by the sea All…
Gowe I've seen you change a lot you seen me grow…
Helena Bonham Carter [Mrs.Lovett:] Ooh, Mr. Todd! (kiss) I'm so happy! (kiss) I c…
Helena Bonham Carter & Johnny Ooh, Mr. Todd I'm so happy I could eat you up, I…
Helena Bonham Carter & Johnny Depp Mrs. Lovett: Ooh, Mr. Todd, I'm so happy I could Eat you…
Helena Bonham Carter and Johnny Depp Ooh, Mr. Todd I'm so happy I could eat you up, I…
Helena Bonham Carter Johnny Depp Ooh, Mr. Todd I′m so happy I could eat you up, I…
Helena Bonham Carter/Johnny Depp Ooh, Mr. Todd I'm so happy I could eat you up, I…
Jean-Jacques Schoch I'm a take you to a place Where the trouble's I'm…
Johnny Depp Ooh, Mr. Todd I'm so happy I could eat you up, I…
Kiano Past regrets broken hearts sex and cigarettes Nights on the …
Laetitia Sadier So hard to say goodbye meaning it today I've said goodbye…
Len Cariou I feel you Johanna I feel you Do they think that walls…
Len Cariou and Angela Lansbury Ooh, Mr. Todd I'm so happy I could eat you up, I…
Lætitia Sadier So hard to say goodbye meaning it today I've said goodbye…
Mat. McHugh One more night, another new town Another bright stage covere…
Michael Ball Ooh, Mr. Todd I'm so happy I could eat you up, I…
Modern Life Is War We were young, numb, and violent all at once. we…
Mountain Laurel The coals were hot for hours The galaxy cut the sky You…
Mr. Nice Entering the sunrise, lost in the horizon A bitter light of…
Mrs. Lovett & Sweeney Todd Mrs. Lovett: Ooh Mr. Todd, I'm so happy I could Eat you…
Mrs. Lovett Sweeney Todd Entering the sunrise, lost in the horizon A bitter light of…
Nayana The sound of the water Flows in my soul It makes me…
Newbreed How does it feel when something starts? Many ways of fruit…
Paul Gemignani;Len Cariou;Angela Lansbury Ooh, Mr. Todd I'm so happy I could eat you up, I…
Plus 3 The moon lights up the sky And tries to hide the…
Ramya Pothuri Tear into my life Pieces of your mind It's there on the…
Sasha Boole Can't stand this travelling no more I closed my eyes and…
Sondheim-Wheeler Ooh, Mr. Todd I'm so happy I could eat you up, I…
Staircase Paradox Ho hey oh, hear my footsteps by the sea Tell me…
Stephen Sondheim Mrs. Lovett: Ooh, Mr. Todd, I'm so happy I could Eat you…
Strawberry Switchblade I wish I could be Close to you By the sea And I…
Suede She can walk out anytime anytime she wants to…
Summer Fiction I think I'm changing, said Suzanne From her beach chair i…
Sweeney Todd Ooh, Mr. Todd, I'm so happy! I could eat you up,…
Sweeney Todd & Mrs. Lovett Mrs. Lovett: Ooh Mr. Todd, I'm so happy I could Eat you…
Sweeney Todd [OST] Ooh, Mr. Todd, I'm so happy! I could eat you up,…
The Essex Green A moment taken slowly by the sea Wind blowing down Bells r…
The Komets Looking up the road driving further into a starry night can…
The London Suede She can walk out anytime anytime she wants to…
The Saints & Baba Brooks and His Recording Band I been on my zero group chats lately Tunnel vision making…
Thomas Méreur By the sea Your house linger on The grass once green Is burn…
Tullio Slow hot wind touches my face While the sea is…
Wickham-Smith & Youngs I know its hard to see the right path The wrong…
We have lyrics for these tracks by Mat McHugh:
A Pocket Full Of Shells I got a pocket full of shells And not much of…
A Pocketful Of Shells I got a pocket full of shells, And not much of…
Bad Blood The queen is in the parking lot Counting all the things…
Breaking your Fall Some days seem complicated, other days don't seem like nothi…
Fools Fools, they think they, for sure, know something Oh, of moon…
Go Don't Stop I've been holding out for way too long, been hoping you…
It Isn't Me no, don't you say you love me when you don't love…
Love Come Save Me what would you say if we had never wasted, all of…
No One Left to Blame And when the stars are busy falling at your feet Would…
Strange Days All last night Well I dreamt I was free. Free from both…
Under The Landslide I love my god, god made love I love my god,…
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